Colossians 3:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅταν ὁ Χριστὸς, φανερωθῇ, ἡ ζωὴ ἡμῶν, τότε καὶ ὑμεῖς σὺν αὐτῷ φανερωθήσεσθε ἐν δόξῃ.

Transliteration

When the Christos phanerōthē, the zōē of us, tote also you syn him phanerōthēsesthe in doxē.

Grammar Details

• *hotan*: temporal conjunction - when/whenever
• *Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ
• *phanerōthē*: aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might be manifested/revealed
• *zōē*: nominative, feminine, singular, in apposition to Christ - life
• *hēmōn*: genitive, 1st person plural pronoun - of us/our
• *tote*: temporal adverb - then/at that time
• *hymeis*: nominative, 2nd person plural pronoun - you
• *syn*: preposition with dative - with/together with
• *autō*: dative, 3rd person singular pronoun - with him
• *phanerōthēsesthe*: future passive indicative, 2nd person plural - you will be manifested/revealed
• *doxē*: dative, feminine, singular - in glory/splendor

Word Meanings

• *phanerōthē*: is revealed/manifested/made visible
• *zōē*: life/existence/living being
• *phanerōthēsesthe*: will be revealed/manifested/made visible
• *doxē*: glory/splendor/honor/magnificence

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 3:2 : 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
• Phil 3:21 : 21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
• John 11:25 : 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
• 1 Cor 15:43 : 43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
• 1 John 2:28 : 28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
• Gal 2:20 : 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
• 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
• 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
• Titus 2:13 : 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
• Heb 9:28 : 28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
• Jude 1:24 : 24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
• 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
• 2 Thess 1:10-12 : 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe(because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. 11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: 12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• John 17:24 : 24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
• John 20:31 : 31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
• Acts 3:15 : 15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
• 1 Cor 1:7 : 7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
• Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
• Ps 73:24 : 24 Thou shalt guide{H8686)} me with thy counsel, and afterward receive{H8799)} me to glory.
• Isa 25:8-9 : 8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. 9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
• Matt 13:43 : 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
• John 6:39-40 : 39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. 40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
• 1 Tim 6:14 : 14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
• 2 Tim 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
• 2 Tim 4:8 : 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
• John 14:3 : 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
• John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
• Rev 2:7 : 7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
• Rev 22:1 : 1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
• Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
• 1 John 5:12 : 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
• 1 Thess 4:17 : 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
• 1 John 1:1-2 : 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)